The Day has Come...

[ravendta]

I have a Wii!

All I have is Wii Sports at the moment, but headed to Best Buy tonight. Wii Sports is a lot of fun though! Baseball and bowling are my favs, though I think I'll like tennis and golf once I get the hang of them. Boxing is a bit harder, but I'll keep tryin till I get it right.

I stopped in at Best Buy on my way home (a different one) to try to get some accessories and a game. Oddly enough, they had a stack of about 6-7 PS3s sitting out in the open and nobody was even looking at them. Yet they had nothing for the Wii - no controllers, no Zelda, no accessories. Nintendo's certainly got the upper hand so far!

 

[Atlasraven]

Cool

 

[Jedidah]

Cool. I think tennis is my favourite on Wii Sports. I'm awful at bowling and baseball.

 

[willard3]

I notice how you only mentioned Zelda. One game selling a system is rather silly in my mind.

Hence why, as stated in other posts, I will not consider purchasing a next-gen system until they have a good library of games...that I want to play.

 

[Kristin364]

I bought my Wii at launch. Yes - I was crazy and waited outside a Toys R Us for 12 hours! I'm a die-hard Nintendo fan, though. Definitely well worth it!

 

[Spiffyness]

Well, Zelda may be the best reason to own one NOW, but there will be other games. I've played WarioWare: Smooth Moves, and it's a fantastic game. You KNOW that Metroid Prime 3, Mario Galaxy, and Super Smash Bros. Brawls will be good, because Nintendo always delivers. I'd say just those games I just mentioned, in addition to the Virtual Console and Gamecube cames, make it more than worth $250, especially if you never owned a gamecube (like I didn't).

If you DO have a GC, maybe you should hold off, but there are enough great games for that system (Metroid Prime especially) to keep you occupied while the Wii builds its library if you haven't played them before. I've never bought a console at launch before, either, but I think that making an exception for the Wii was a good decision.

Yeah, I waited for about 12 hours, too... 5th Wii owner in Bay City, Texas!

 

[Xtra]

Of course, Zelda is on the GC as well. I want to get one, but that's because of what's coming.

 

[ravendta]

I notice how you only mentioned Zelda. One game selling a system is rather silly in my mind.

Hence why, as stated in other posts, I will not consider purchasing a next-gen system until they have a good library of games...that I want to play.

Well, Zelda was the main reason I wanted it, but there are plenty other titles out that I'm interested in and many more coming that I look forward to. I also picked up Super Monkey Ball (I've always loved the simple fun of the monkey ball games) and that's awesome. I may get Madden 07, though I've never been a big football fan, because it may be fun on the controller. Then there's Mario Galaxy coming out, Smash Bros, and of course, Metroid Prime 3. Mortal Kombat could be interesting and will support the classic and gamecube controllers for people who don't want to swing their arms around. Driver could be awesome if they go back to the series' roots - the original Driver was an awesome game. The new Prince of Persia series has been great and I'm curious how it will be played with the new controller. If the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles turns out better than the Cube version, I'll get that to play with my girlfriend. I've always loved SSX, and I'm sure SSX Blur will be awesome. Warioware is supposed to be an excellent party game. And then, of course, you have all the classic games available for download! Including Turbografx games like Alien Crush and Military Madness, both CLASSIC games that never got the recognition they deserved.

So, as you see, while Zelda is my main interest now, the Wii has a LOT of potential for the future. I'm quite happy!

 

[DragnGT]

Congrats! I'm glad you got one.

 

[Scorcher505]

I have a Wii!

All I have is Wii Sports at the moment, but headed to Best Buy tonight. Wii Sports is a lot of fun though! Baseball and bowling are my favs, though I think I'll like tennis and golf once I get the hang of them. Boxing is a bit harder, but I'll keep tryin till I get it right.

I stopped in at Best Buy on my way home (a different one) to try to get some accessories and a game. Oddly enough, they had a stack of about 6-7 PS3s sitting out in the open and nobody was even looking at them. Yet they had nothing for the Wii - no controllers, no Zelda, no accessories. Nintendo's certainly got the upper hand so far!

I rock the kibash at bowling. The training where you knock down all the pins with one throw, and the number of pins gets larger every time is a CRAZY training. My friends and I compete to see who can get the highest score there.

 

[HeSaveDave]

me want one